From the beginning of Monteverdi to the end of J.S Bach, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonderful baroque music on offer with Stretta today!
One of the key features of this period, was the introduction of the figured bass or basso continuo. The continuous, uninterrupted bass line forms the harmonic basis for baroque music. The harmony developed from the sacred, modal style, to the major-minor system that we use today.
Expression in baroque music was shaped by the doctrine of affect. There was a rich system of figures that corresponded to a musical rhetoric, with which human emotion could be portrayed musically.
In Italy, opera emerged as a new form of expression, combining words, text, plot and staging. Other popular musical forms of the time were the concerto grosso, the suite, the fugue, the Baroque Sonata, the cantata and the oratorio. The most famous oratorios of the time were written by J.S Bach, the Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion.
Instrumentalsätze aus den Trauermusiken für die Hamburger Bürgermeister Gerhard Schröder (1723) und Daniel Stockfleth (1739)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234681
Über die Nicht- und Flüchtigkeit des menschlichen Lebens.
Kantate zum 24. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Telemann-Archiv – Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola da gamba 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234624
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234596
Stuttgarter Telemann Ausgaben – Urtext
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234518
BuxWV 100
Einzelstimme B.c.
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234419
BuxWV 104
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234409
BuxWV 43
Einzelstimme Trp. 2
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 234384
Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233908
Kantate zum 7. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233642
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232632
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232491
Coronation Anthem II
HWV 259
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), 2 violins, viola, 2 oboes, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645510
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 329364
Musik Des 17 Jahrhunderts Bd 18
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 294507
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 188581
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229701
for: 3 mixed choirs (SSAT, SATB, TTBB), 2 chapell choirs (SSATB, SSATTB); orchestra ad lib.
Cornett (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229588
Kantate zum Sonntag Jubilate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 213117
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 violas, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230306
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230114
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 229860
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230886
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230885
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 131169
for: Descant recorder, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424962
Suite
for: Strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 424725
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, violone, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424021
Psalmkantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234543
Bestimmung unbekannt
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233762
for: Blockflöte (T) Blockflöte
Single part
Item no.: 337985
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1105641
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1105640
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 463042
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354969
G-Dur
for: Violin, string orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351862
for: Violin, string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 796394
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 617682
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612441
Reformationskantate
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 691361
Cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687570
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683896
Kantate zum Reformationsfest (Rekonstruktion der ersten Leipziger Fassung)
Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 681161
O be joyful
Urtext Stuttgart Handel-Editions
for: 3 soloists (AAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779163
O be joyful
Urtext Stuttgart Handel-Editions
for: 3 soloists (AAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779161
O be joyful
Urtext Stuttgart Handel-Editions
for: 3 soloists (AAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779156
L'Estro Armonico
for: Violin solo, string orchestra, basso continuo
Harpsichord (orchestral part)
Item no.: 765749
Cantata for Oculi – Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (alto), strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678022
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673193